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30 March 2023
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Sussex Premier Health celebrates first anniversary

Sussex Premier Health celebrates its first anniversary of providing healthcare under the ownership of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust on 1 April 2023. Sussex Premier Health, now a private division of the trust, offers inpatient and outpatient services for a wide range of specialities, including orthopaedics, general surgery and ophthalmology. With its own imaging and…

23 March 2023
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Hello my name is… Shahram Kashani

Shahram Kashani is a consultant ophthalmologist who has worked at the trust for 12 years. Here Shahram tells us a little more about his career, his role and a recent challenge he undertook for an important cause. What led you to a career in ophthalmology? “My late father was an ophthalmologist and he was a…

23 March 2023
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Doctor’s assistants: taking the pressure off

In 2017 we received funding from Health Education England for six doctor’s assistant posts. The role of doctor’s assistant looks to take away some of the administrative and clinical pressures on doctors, in order to help increase productivity and, hopefully lead to a reduction in the length of stay for patients. Helen Wilkins was one…